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The pace of growth in global economic activity continued to slow in August. Click through for the August edition of the Global PMI Roundup. [...]   By Prieur du Plessis, on September 14th, 2011 posted in: Gold, Investment, Silver  3 people had their say - chime in!
Eric King of King World News recently conducted an excellent interview with Eric Sprott, Chairman of Sprott Asset Management. Sprott has more than 35 years’ experience in the investment industry and manages $5 billion, including a gold and silver trust. He has been very accurate in his writings for over a decade and pre-crisis correctly chronicled the dangers of excessive leverage and the bubbles the Fed was creating. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Guru Eric Sprott Says It's a Potential "30-Bagger" … We'll Show You How to Profit (Money Morning, 9/13/11) 5 Most Popular Gold Coins (Learn Mining News, 3/8/12) Can You Trust Blanchard Gold Coins? (Learn Mining News, 6/17/11)
This guest post by Rebecca Wilder presents some basic statistics to highlight the problems in Europe. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Fate of the Eurozone Hangs on Sunday's French Elections (Money Morning, 5/4/12) Eurozone Descends into a Farce as "Grexit" Looms Large (Money Morning, 5/18/12) The “Big One” Crisis About to Hit? (Learn Mining News, 9/5/11)
Buying and holding stocks and bonds for the long term and maintaining a diversified portfolio are still the smartest strategies for the average investor, says Vanguard founder Jack Bogle in answer to Mark Cuban and other critics of these traditional approaches. In the Big Interview with WSJ columnist Jason Zweig, Bogle takes aim at the culture of market speculation. Betting on long odds, he says, “doesn’t pay off very often”. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Preferred Stock Investing: The Income Alternative You Haven’t Considered (Investment U, 5/11/12) Measuring the Performance of the Ivy Portfolio (Phil’s Stock World, 12/1/12) Bonds: The Most Important Asset Class (Expected Returns, 4/18/12) By Prieur du Plessis, on September 14th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money One comment so far
Adam Hewison, charting strategist of INO.TV, brings you another edition of his invaluable service of daily technical updates on the ups and downs of various markets. This short analysis is a great tool for keeping one’s finger on the pulse and timing the markets. I have personally been using the INO/Market Club software for about two years and can vouch for these tools being extremely useful. Click through to hear Adam’s latest views on gold , silver, the US Dollar Index, the CRB Index, crude oil and the S&P 500 Index. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) This is the Scariest Statistic You’ll Read Today (Learn Mining News, 8/5/11) Housing Bottom 2011 (Wealth Daily, 7/7/11) 2011 Second Half Market Predictions (Wealth Daily, 7/28/11) By Prieur du Plessis, on September 14th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money One comment so far
This post highlights the performance of key ETFs across all asset classes over the last week, month and quarter to date. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Measuring the Performance of the Ivy Portfolio (Phil’s Stock World, 12/1/12) iShares ETFs: The Top 10 Performers (Investment U, 4/6/12) Invest in South America with this Global X ETF (Investment U, 4/12/12) |
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